Tag: international relations
If China gets Taiwan, Philippine seas will be next
Taipei and Manila used to view Beijing’s threats separately. The two issues have now joined.
US military bases are a danger to the Philippines
The growing tension in the Asia-Pacific region makes it time for Filipinos to start to worry about possible war
Military bishop expresses hope new defense deal with US to benefit...
The agreement to expand cooperation in "strategic areas of the country" was made during a visit by US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin
Taiwan president writes to Pope Francis about ‘preserving regional security’ with...
“Preserving regional security has become a key consensus shared by national leaders”
Philippines boosts military in disputed sea after Chinese ‘encroachment’
The defense department said it had directed the armed forces "to strengthen the country's presence in the West Philippine Sea"
EU vows investment in push to boost Southeast Asia ties
The EU billed its first full summit with the ASEAN as a chance to push trade relations with the region's fast-growing economies
Myanmar junta looks to placate ASEAN with prisoner releases
The releases came just days after Indonesian President Joko Widodo assumed the rotating presidency of ASEAN
Indonesian leader calls for end to war at opening of G20...
"Being responsible means creating not zero-sum situations, being responsible here also means that we must end the war," Widodo said
ASEAN leaders struggle for answers to Myanmar crisis
Leaders from the ASEAN will discuss ways to implement a peace plan agreed with Myanmar last year which the junta has so far ignored
Filipinos fishing on frontline of China’s battle for disputed sea
The fishing ground, tapped by generations of Filipinos, is one of many potential flashpoints for military conflict over the South China Sea
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